Since the invention and further development of lasers in the 1960s, photonics has grown
into a field that permeates virtually every aspect of modern life. As photonics deals with the …

Since the discovery that tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses can induce a highly
localised and permanent refractive index modification in a large number of transparent …

In the past few decades, several methods concerning optical thin films have been
established to facilitate the development of integrated optics. This paper provides a brief …

Abstract Nd 3+, Tm 3+ and Ho 3+ doped tellurite glasses with good thermal stability were
prepared by conventional melt-quenching technique. The near-infrared luminescence …

Femtosecond laser writing of optical waveguides and components in glasses has been a
remarkably growing research field during the last two decades. However, such laser …

Abstract Zn–Mg-phosphate (ZMP) glasses, including those with the nominal molar
compositions (50− x) ZnO xMgO 50P 2 O 5 (0≥ x≥ 50) and (60− y) ZnO yMgO 40P 2 O 5 …

We report experimental results on the formation of microvoids in bulk sapphire produced
through the single-shot illumination of the sample by near-infrared, simultaneously spatially …

We have studied the relationship between the initial glass composition and the structural
changes associated with laser-induced refractive index modification in a series of Er-Yb …

Glass and its properties are subject to a variety of changes under the influence of high
energy radiation. Therefore, radiation‐induced defects in glasses requires high attention …

The combination of ultrafast laser inscription and engineered soft glasses is enabling a new
class of photonic devices offering long wavelength transparency, high nonlinearity, and …